USS Pampanito (SS-383)Equipment Wish ListThe following list contains equipment commonly found on WW II fleet submarines. The Maritime Park Association hopes to obtain these items to further the restoration of USS Pampanito, a 1943 Balao class, Fleet type, Portsmouth built submarine. It is our goal to make USS Pampanitoas complete, and as accurate as possible. We have chosen to work towards a summer, 1945 configuration to represent the height of WW II submarine development. All Equipment should be of WW II vintage. The list below is not in priority order. Bold face indicates items of special interest.
16 mm films, 1940s content, entertainment or training, reprints OK
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Any spare parts (gaskets, seals, bearings, etc.) for:
Bunk Storage Bags (60) Chain Hoists, Yale Spur Gear model BB or BS (1 ton, 1.5 ton, extra chain guards) Cipher Equipment:
Coffee Urn Either 4 or 5 gallon type. Clocks and Watches
Crew's Mess Condiment Racks (4) Crew's Mess Dish Basket (1) Cribbage Board (1) Depth gauge & Compartment pressure gauge, 7.25" face. (4) Depth gauges, 10" face. (3) Drill Press, Cincinnati Electric Tool Co., Type C-Size 7/8 inch, 250 VDC, .35 HP Doors for after battery berthing (2) Emergency Ration Boxes (20) Escape Marker Buoy with Spools (2) Small Fryolator w/basket (deep fat fryer), 220VDC. (1) Glass Holder (12) Lead Ballast (60 Tons) Low Pressure Air Blower - 10 lb. air, 90 H.P. - Portsmouth type - Roots Connersville Blower Co. (1) Mae West Jacket (inflatable) Vest-Life Preserver, Type B-4 (2) Marker Buoy (for exhibit) (1) Momsen Lungs (1) Periscope Eye Cups for Type 2 Submarine Periscope (1 set) Propellers 4 Blade, 7'9" with nut covers (1 each) Range Fiddles (2) Small safe (1) Signal Light (1) Singer Sewing Machine Type "M" Gen. Stores Stock No. 66M977 Portable (1) Sliding Rack (Bunk bed) (8) Valves and Handles (see list) Wash Basin (1) Water Fountain (bubbler) (1) Water heater, 15 gal (2) Water pump, electric auxiliary pumps for main engines(3) Misc: Small lockers for personnel cleaning gear in head and torpedo rooms; Mystery gauge next to barometer, probably a thermometer.. Electrical:Alarm Flasher for Main Gyrocompass, (Visual type) Arma (1)Any spare parts for Arma Mark 7 Gyrocompass (1) Any spare parts for Arma Gyro Setting Indicator Regulator Unit Mark I (1) Any spare parts for Arma Mark 9, Mod 2 Gyrocompass (1) Any spare parts for Arma Mark V Dead Reckoning Analyzer. (1) Any spare parts for Arma Dead Reckoning Tracer, Class 3, Mk 7, Mod 1 (1) Any spare parts for Bendix (Friez Inst. Div.) Pit Log Any spare parts for Bendix (Friez Inst. Div.) Log Speed Transmitter Any spare parts for Shaft Revolution Indicator System, Electric Tachometer Corp (Type M1-6 indicator, Type T-3 transmitter, Frequency Control Unit Type 4, Rotary Converter RL-152) Any spare parts for Motor Speed Indicator, Henschel Corp., Amesbury, MA Battery Compartment Details (1 set) Battle Lantern - 1940s U.S. Navy Type (12) Depth Charge Direction Indicator Unit from Conning Tower (D.C.D.I.), F.W. Sickles Co. (1) Depth Charge Range Estimator Unit from Conning Tower (D.C.R.E., NC-116) (1) Electric Heaters - 2 and 4 Kilowatts - Chromalox, Type B, Sub 400 - Edwin Wiegand Co. (5) Electron Tubes (see list) Flashlights - 1940s U.S. Navy Type (35) Gooseneck Microphone Type M1-24102 (5) IFF switches and boxes associated with BN and ABK-1 (see list) JT or BQR-3 Sonar Underwater Listening System (see list) Misc. Electrical: clear 4" pressure proof globes, light sockets (lampholders) with switch type F-8428, fuses, cylindrical clear emergency light lenses, small junction boxes, switch and receptacle boxes, screw in fuse panel sockets type L-1, various switch handles, spare parts for engine cooling water alarms & knobs of various types. Motor Controller, 250 VDC, Portsmouth Plan 30324 (1) Panel Meters , mostly GE Type DB-12 (see list) NM Projector, this is a depth sounder transducer. (1) Prism Lens for hull and ballast indicators, red and green (10 each) Records, a couple of V-disks or other wartime entertainment records. Any Sonar training records. Reading Lamp. (5) SCR-624B accessories. Radio handset 51081 (x2), LS-10 (1), shock mount for rectifier RA-62B top and bottom (1), wire type handset cradle (1), plugs to match 4 pin jack shown here (x2) Shear valve BuShips drawing SS-S6700-468701 (1) Submarine Mount VHF Antenna (1) Tachometer Magneto, Type C4, 200 ohms, 6 volts per 1000 RPM, Weston (for FM engines) (4) TBL radio transmitter keying relay cover screw, side panel screws (12), and one 5 plug to match jack shown here in the conning tower, a cable for the TBL handset for the conning tower. Any parts for a WCA Sonar. Or anything except the training mechanism from its surface ship version QCS, QCS1, QCT, QCT1, QCQ1, QCR1. Test Equipment
Original Manuals or Photocopies (we have nothing):Trim Pump, Gardner-Denver Co., 100 GPM, 93.8 RPM, Horizontal Duplex, Single Acting, Horizontal Drive1MC/7MC Battle Announcing System, RCA Corporation, NX-SS-25039, Amplifier MI-2758, Serial 1004. Ball Recording Sextant Mark I Bendix Bearing and Range Indicator Mk 4 & Mk 8 & Mk 10 & Mk 12 Benne Machine Co. Bearing and Range Indicator Mk 4 & Mk 8 & Mk 10 & Mk 12 Bendix (Friez Inst. Div.) Pit Log Clock, Mark I Deck Clock, Seth Thomas Type Course Clock Mark II, Seth Thomas Cutler-Hammer Motor Controllers DB-12 Panel Meters, General Electric Depth Charge Direction Indicator (DCDI), Sickles Model NL-116 Underwater Sound Equipment. Depth Charge Range Estimator (DCRE), Sickles Drill Press, Cincinnati Electric Tool Co., Type C-Size 7/8 inch, 250 VDC, .35 HP Motor Speed Indicator, Henschel Corp., Amesbury, MA Hydrogen Detector Type N.H.D., No. 3, Cities Service Oil Co., Hillside, NJ JT sonic receiver (NavShips 900,424) we have a preliminary manual and want a later version BQR-3 sonic receiver. This is the postwar version of the JT. List Of Blue Prints For Radio Department Loudspeaker Amplifier Type 49131, NAVSHIPS 91202 List of Ordnance Publications (Torpedoes, Guns, Fire Control Manuals) Ship Board Electronic Equipment NAVPERS 10794 Ships 232A - Servicing IFF Mark III equipment with TS-182/UP Test Set (NavShips 900,104). SJ-1 radar ( Eng. 188, Ships 258) Submarine Mine Mk 10, and Mk 12 Submarine Mobile Mine Mk 27 SV radar (Ships 340) Torpedo Torpedo Mk 27, Torpedo Mk 28 Test Equipment:
Original Manuals (we have a copy):Any original manuals for equipment found on board WW II submarines.Operations and maintenance manuals. Standard Submarine Organization and Regulations APR-1 Bathythermyograph CBT40131 Dead Reckoning Tracer (DRT) Charts from WW II Electric Tachometer Corp, Shaft Revolution Indicator System, Type M1-6 Electric Tachometer Corp, Pitometer Log Constant Frequency Generator Type RL-152, Electric Tachometer Corp, Constant Frequency Control Unit, Type 4 Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 engine. List of Ordnance Publications (Torpedoes, Guns, Fire Control Manuals) List of NAVPERS training manuals. LM-18 Frequency Meter Oil Purifier, 450 GPH, M-95-35-18B-2, Sharples Corp. RAK-6, RAL-6 Radio Recievers Speech Input Equipment CRV-500644 Torpedo Mk 14, 18 US Navy Filing Manual, anywhere from 1941-1950. WCA underwater sound comm. (NavShips 900,045) All Weapons for Display Only:20 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Cartridge Bag (4)20 mm Anti-Aircraft Oerlikon Cannon Drill Shells - any quantity 20 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Sights, Marks 2, 4, 4 mod. 1 and 5 (4) Site Telescope for 5 inch 25 cal. gun(1) 40 mm Single Mount Gun (1) 5 inch 25 cal Drill Shells - any quantity 40 mm Bofors Gun Drill Shells- any quantity 40 mm Ammunition Boxes Racks for 20 mm, 40 mm, and 5" shells from magazine and ready access lockers on deck. Mark 108 Demolition Outfit. - DEMILITARIZED Mine Mark 10, Mine Mk 12 (1 each) Pyrotechnic Pistol AN-M8 Submarine Emergency Identification Signal Star, Mk 2 Mod 2 and Mk 3 Mod 0 Submarine Float Signal, Mk 1 Mod 1 Submarine Identification Flares (we have a list) Torpedo air flask charger (1) Tool/Wrench Set for Mark 14, Mark 18, Mark 27 and Mark 28 Torpedoes, Mark 10 Mine (1 each) Torpedo Lashing Straps (13) Torpedo Warhead, for Mark 14 or 18 Torpedo - DEMILITARIZED, training and exercise heads OK (5) Torpedo Warhead Exploder Mechanism, Mark 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 - DEMILITARIZED (2) Torpedo - Mk 28 (1) Torpedo - Mark 27, "Cutie" (1) Torpedo Gyrocompass Mark 12, 13 or 14 (2) Torpedo Tube Inspection Roller Cart (1) Modern (new) Equipment:Wire (modern), Armored Cable 14-2 conductor, 12-2 conductor, 10-2 conductor, 14-15 conductor (500 foot each), SO Welding Cable #2, 000 (1000 foot each)Refrigerent recovery machine (1) Refirgerent leak detector. (1)
For those trying to identify WW II radio/radar equipment and manuals there are several valuable lists by Fred Chesson on his site. We also have an article written by Ray Mote that describes the various nomenclature systems that were in use. You may also find our list of cryptographic designators useful. We are very thankful to the many who have helped us find equipment and documentation needed for the restoration of Pampanito.
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